Battle of Sudomer

The Battle of Sudomer occurred on 25 March 1420 near the start of the Hussite Wars. The battle saw a numerically inferior Hussite army under Jan Zizka defeat a larger Bohemian Catholic army.

Battle
On 25 March 1420, Hussite forces who had taken up temporary fortifications on the plains near Sudomer were found by Royalist forces, who outnumbered them 5-to-1 and closed in for an attack. The Hussites failed in their attempt to surrender, so they instead decided to fight off the Catholic attacks. The Hussite arquebusiers were protected by war wagons, and the Royalist cavalry was hindered by nearby marshland. The commanders of both sides were killed in battle, and the Catholic cavalry mired in the marshlands were massacred by Hussite light infantry equipped with flails. The Hussites' wagon fort strategy won the day.